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Super Bowl 2025 was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with 126 million viewers tuning in.
The Super Bowl game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on February 9, 2024, averaged 126 million viewers. This figure combines viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes, Tubi, Telemundo, and NFL digital properties.
Immigration in US legacy content hubs, including LA
According to Prodpro, California's film and TV spending fell at the same rate as the U.S. as a whole (28%) from 2021 to 2024, with new hubs like Georgia and Louisiana also seeing declines.
Removed from TikTok Smart TV
Despite President Trump's 75-day delay in implementing legislation that would prevent TikTok, the world's No. 1 short-form video platform, from shutting down its service in the U.S., smart TV companies like Samsung and LG have already pulled the app en masse.
This year's Super Bowl ads are 'fun, wholesome comedy'
Big laughs, the return of bro culture and middle-aged celebrities, a lineup some call the “Silver Bowl”: what this year's Super Bowl ads say about 2025 trends.
The 'Superfan' is the Key to Streaming 2.0...Capture the 'Superfan' with Entertainment Tech
In the age of streaming 2.0, artists need more power...entertainment tech needs to capture superfans. If you evaluate the global index of K-content, K-pop is the number one.
One Super Bowl ad can buy 441 Korean TV primetime spots
How much are Super Bowl ads worth? The Super Bowl, the NFL's big game on February 9, is also a marketing battleground for companies.
Tech giants are doubling down on their massive AI spending
Below is an English-language summary based on the Wall Street Journal article discussing how four major U.S. tech giants—Amazon, Google (Alphabet), Microsoft, and Meta—are planning to significantly increase their capital expenditures on AI-related data centers and infrastructure in 2025, even after…
Gen AI Competition Now Moves From Technology Development to Marketing...OpenAI First Super Bowl Ad
ChatGPT developer Open AI is making its Super Bowl commercial debut. This is the first time Open AI has advertised on such a big TV event since its founding in 2015. The Super Bowl ad is significant because it speaks to the zeitgeist.
Amazon Prime becomes the #1 movie library in the US... Ad share soars
Amazon Prime becomes the No. 1 movie library in the U.S.. Ad share soars. Amazon's share of the digital advertising market continues to grow. Amazon reported an 18% increase in ad revenue to $17.29 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company said.
Deepseek phobia shakes up media entertainment industry in Korea and the U.S.
A gen AI model developed by Chinese AI company DeepSeek has the potential to revolutionize the entertainment industry, but it's also making waves around the world due to a privacy scandal.
Add a new host from Fox News: Lara Trump
Lara Trump’s new role at Fox News marks an unusual move: a close relative of a high-profile political figure launching a prime-time show on a major news network while that figure (Donald Trump) still wields significant political influence.
Politics helps YouTube's record ad sales. Tops $10 billion for the first time in Q4
YouTube achieved a significant milestone in Q4 2024, surpassing $10 billion in ad revenue for the first time. The platform's ad sales reached $10.473 billion, representing a 13.8% year-over-year increase from $9.2 billion in Q4 2023.